Analysis
- max time kernel
149s - max time network
140s - platform
windows10-2004_x64 - resource
win10v2004-20260911-en - resource tags
arch:x64arch:x86image:win10v2004-20260911-enlocale:en-usos:windows10-2004-x64systemwindows - submitted
19/09/2026, 16:20
Static task
static1
1 signatures
Behavioral task
behavioral1
Sample
jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe
Resource
win10v2004-20260911-en
windows10-2004-x64
9 signatures
150 seconds
Behavioral task
behavioral2
Sample
jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe
Resource
win11ltsc2024-20260911-en
windows11-ltsc_2024-x64
8 signatures
150 seconds
General
- Target jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe
- Size 160KB
- Sample260919-ttcdjatzct
- SHA256 6cd98fd00219e1cdb4a2f0ffa1e64cd1c9a5270d291ebb8ed3d72ba16802957f
- MD5 9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e
- SHA1 9387be5b75584f335c471ac54646c2d86bc70461
- SHA512 20b6b4b488664bf34a4cf7524f68c324f15ba90b61c7ce863952c11e71c50f301d8e052e908801cb3fef213e8278fb95837116452bd39ab83a3c0f1790f0c26f
- SSDEEP 3072:EdpHp2c5Y2Xcz5LSnlqa1T+iOf1kp5K3C4oQZiEyTP:E92cO2XclLSnkiOfamuW0
- TLSH T14BF3A62A7681F23ED425C6F4392A83A0547DEC3635E56813F7C25B26B6F1DABD220713
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH
Score
10/10
Malware Config
Signatures
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer 2 TTPs 2 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden = "0" hoawia.exe Set value (int) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden = "0" jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe - Checks computer location settings 2 TTPs 1 IoCs
Looks up country code configured in the registry, likely geofence.
description ioc Process Key value queried \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\Control Panel\International\Geo\Nation jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe - Executes dropped EXE 1 IoCs
pid Process 2032 hoawia.exe - Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 53 IoCs
description ioc Process Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /P" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /T" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /t" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /r" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /u" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /R" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /i" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /h" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /J" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /b" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /z" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /Z" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /H" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /L" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /V" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /D" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /L" jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /e" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /o" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /C" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /g" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /l" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /p" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /j" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /N" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /c" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /s" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /A" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /F" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /x" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /Y" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /w" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /q" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /y" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /m" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /E" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /d" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /O" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /I" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /f" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /Q" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /k" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /W" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /a" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /K" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /S" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /B" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /M" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /X" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /n" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /v" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /U" hoawia.exe Set value (str) \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-524788801-3318743092-4051225893-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\hoawia = "C:\\Users\\Admin\\hoawia.exe /G" hoawia.exe - Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 2 IoCs
Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.
description ioc Process Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe Key opened \REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language hoawia.exe - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 64 IoCs
pid Process 4732 jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe 4732 jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe 2032 hoawia.exe - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 2 IoCs
pid Process 4732 jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe 2032 hoawia.exe - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 1 IoCs
description pid Process procid_target PID 4732 wrote to memory of 2032 4732 jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe 88
Processes
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C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\jaffacakes118__9eb19b692d3b5f77e95435fa9bf0248e.exe"1⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Checks computer location settings
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4732 -
C:\Users\Admin\hoawia.exe"C:\Users\Admin\hoawia.exe"2⤵
- Modifies visibility of hidden/system files in Explorer
- Executes dropped EXE
- Adds Run key to start application
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
- Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
PID:2032
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Network
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v16
Privilege Escalation
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
1Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
1Defense Evasion
Hide Artifacts
1Hidden Files and Directories
1Modify Registry
2Replay Monitor
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Downloads
- Path C:\Users\Admin\hoawia.exe
- Size 160KB
- SHA256 9ed9589189bdafe54022417d0f50668f43045c70fba87103f97e8d64681d2dbc
- MD5 cfb0b92bd983bb9d948a1afab294fdd5
- SHA1 bc274d7a98ae965894ec55883d793c2a02ff600b
- SHA512 7fca429ee12fde99d241aea4ef122f5c62324120dbfeeacb0bde19c4b03fcb43b870a4d0172e89f359b24413ad49278e8327edb0250a46f0de80c9e63df25025
- SSDEEP 3072:EtpHp2c5Y2Xcz5LSnlqa1T+iOf1kp5K3C4oQZiEOz:EN2cO2XclLSnkiOfamuWk
- TLSH T10DF3952A7681F23ED425C6F4392683A0547EEC3635E56813F7C25B26B6F1DABD220713
- MD5 SHA1 SHA512 SSDEEP TLSH